Germany confirms that Trump tried to buy firm working on coronavirus vaccine

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  1. Eleuthera

    Eleuthera Well-Known Member Donor

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    Often human motives and behavior are quite obvious. Greed and personal gain are strong motivations amongst humans.
     
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    Dutch Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Thank you, President Trump, for doing anything and everything to Make America Great Again. We have your back :applause:
     
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    Eleuthera Well-Known Member Donor

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    Yes, with our piss poor performance in the public health area, thank you Mr. Prez for making this country one of those **** hole countries you've described.
     
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    Yup. Trump and the gop promised another recession, EVERY-TIME they take office, they deliver. Incompetence is their middle name.
     
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    At least they never claimed that Italy is totally dependent on tourism.
     
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    The only part of the story that would matter to me is if he really wanted to somehow buy the vaccine to be *only* for the US, or to withhold it from other countries, like a proprietary thing. That would be insane.

    Are the (electoral) majority of American voters really that ignorant?
     
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    Educate yourself ? That’s the blind leading the blind.
    Oh, we’re Italy now ? I thought we were Venezuela. Please get your countries straight.
     
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    Those who have worked for Trump and/or have paid attention to his history would disagree with you. But the meme is cute, an for Trumpists, feelz outweigh facts anyway.
     
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    We've spent years hearing Trump's cultists tell us that hyperbole IS an argument and that we should just shut off all critical thinking every time Trump engages in supposed hyperbole. Which is it?
     
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    *slaps with glove* You, sir, have offended my honour. I demand satisfaction.
     
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    Trump has a history of delivering profits for himself at the expense of everyone he does business with.
    How much does a con man deliver with fake universities and charities.
     
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    You’ll have it, this November.
     
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    The word for the day is CONCISE.
    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concise
     
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    Even the "delivering profits for himself" part has been mostly due to duplicity, as you indicate. I have no problem with people delivering profits for themselves based on adding value -- we can debate about how that value should be divided, but at least it is profit based on capturing said value. Trump is all "style" (your tastes may vary) and no substance. Who the **** steals from a charity? And he even admitted to his most egregious lies involving his "University" and his cultists still stick with him.

    I can't treat him like a normal politician. He lies more often and he's more of a crook. To make matters worse, he's amassed a cult of personality to try to shield him from any honest appraisal. He's especially terrible. Before the army of whataboutists jump in, yes, I'm sure you can find half a dozen people as bad or almost as bad as him. Feel free to make that comparison. I'll gladly condemn all said parties while your attempt at whataboutism backfires and you are stuck trying to figure out how you can condemn your examples while desperately evading all condemnation of Trump. I'll gladly watch you scramble for shelter after you realize you've compared Trump to the worst of the worst and still can't bring yourself to criticize him.
     
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    Trump’s cult, is primarily made up of republicans. It’s a party of money mongers.
     
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    What I would prefer is post containing well reasoned arguments, devoid of emotional rants and an absurd level of hyperbole. Language such as " latest insolence", "worst US President of all time", "a**hole", "secretly and insidiously", "Trumps butt licker", name of custody ]?|, etc. does not constitute an effective argument for anything, is not appealing to read, and is hardly cerebral. I don't wish to be offensive, but what does it say about you if you actually find this sort of language cerebral? I am not saying the post did not contain a point with merit. Rather I am saying a more concise post would be more effective.
     
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    Still nothing of any substance? Just nonsense? Not surprised.
     
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    I am waiting for an intelligent post with some substance from you on the subject. All you have is gibberish about your opinion, which nobody really cares about, so far.
     
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    Care to post anything germane to the thread of are you just here to take up band width with posts that are about how the orange man is bad? Is the article accurate or is it just another piece of garbage pumped out by the journalistic arm of the DNC?
     
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    And still nothing intelligent that pertains to the thread. Troll much?
     
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    LOL... oliver stone is a political hack.

    There are much better sources on information.
     
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    Like it or not, but the situation with immigrants in Germany, especially how it has been shown on TV played huge role in Trump's election.
     
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    Politico is anti Trump and the veracity of their reporting cannot be checked because the referenced article is written in German. This is fake news.
     
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    America First is the right way for all Americans. As for the rest of the world who likes to cling to our nuts, we personally don't give a damn.
     
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